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WGUS72 KMFL 292033

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FLZ069-070-292200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

432 PM EDT MON SEP 29 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR COLLIER COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT 

UNTIL 6 PM...



AT 419 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS COLLIER COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP 

TO 6 INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. 



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE ACROSS 

NAPLES...MARCO ISLAND...AND IMMOKALEE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. 

THIS WILL RESULT IN SEVERAL INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL BY THIS 

EVENING...EXACERBATING AN ALREADY SERIOUS FLOOD SITUATION. THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED BEYOND 6 PM.



A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM TUESDAY.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY OBSCURE DEEP CANALS OR PONDS.



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